Posts Tagged "monsters"

When I was growing up I used to dip in and out of Funk & Wagnall’s Dictionary of Folklore, Myth and Legends. A hefty tome bereft of images, it used to sit on the shelf beside the other dictionaries and encyclopaedias. And I always thought Funk was a cool surname, even when one of my […]

Last time I wrote I was heading off to Japan for the school holidays. We survived that trip with the help of this handy and fun little guide. We even managed to spot some of the monsters contained within along the way! Yokai Attack! is the kind of book that as a 9 or 10 […]

Why I’m doing this

I'm sick of bad children's fiction and I'm especially sick of the increasingly bland branded options for girls.
So, here's a bunch of books that I've enjoyed reading to my children - and ones that we come back to time and time again.
I'm always open to recommendations too.

Who am I

I'm Seb Chan. Primarily I am a dad but I also write several other blogs, work in a museum, and run a music magazine.
You can probably find me on Teh Internets.